Being an Aussie I thought it might be nice to kick this blog off with some Australian flavoured post-punk madness. This is the first full album release of the Sydney band (originally from Canberra), although it was a song of there first E.P. 'Long Weekend' called Standing By The Window that caught my ear (heard it on a comp called tales from the Australian underground - singles 1976-1989 which is well worth a look into) this album made it into my top 20 quickly. Full of sharp stabs and witty cuts, it's a cleverly composed mess of wet clangy guitars, sleazy sax, energetic miscalculated timing and a vocal screeching comparable to David Thomas (Pere Ubu, Rockets from the tombs, etc.). Tactics could pass as the sound track to Ian Curtis's dancing.
You might like this album if you like the idea of Pere Ubu and Devo having a bastard child who's better of than most in a enthusiasm/limb count kind of sense.
Tactics - No More Talking
DL: Here
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